Not worth it. It just makes the code harder to understand for new users.
Of course. However, since I was shortening code they knew and not throwing in shorthand code, I'd just be teaching them the shorthand fashion of what they'd be using.
This, I'll take readability over shortened code all day.
Also, I hate when people don't put opening brackets on a new line. 
I can read it fine, actually. Of course, that says nothing for you, but perhaps it's something you catch onto like I did. Also, when I first learned Torque, my examples showed brackets on the same line. In fact, I hate it when people put brackets on a new line. It looks like too much avoidable open space. :( And I know you could say "Put it all on one line" and such, btw.